HC Deb 10 June 2002 vol 386 cc1080-3W
Dr. Fox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many leading chef dishes are on the new NHS menus; what they are; and how many hospitals have introduced each dish. [56964]

Ms Blears

There is currently a total of 139 leading chef approved dishes in the national dish selector. A full list of the dishes follows. Acute hospitals are required to include at least three of these dishes in their menus each day. No information is collected on which dishes are used by individual hospitals.Dessert

  • Apple cake
  • Banana brulèe
  • Bread and butter pudding
  • Butterscotch tart
  • Cherry clafoutis tart
  • Fruit cake and carrot cake
  • Hot banana cake with custard
  • Peach flan
  • Posh pear and chocolate crumble
  • Raspberry jelly
  • Rhubarb and ginger stew with dumplings
  • Sticky toffee pudding and butterscotch sauce
  • Strawberry tartlet Teacup trifle
  • Toasted oatmeal Trifle
  • Vanilla mousse with preserved fruits
  • Yummy yorkshire pudding
Dinner choice
  • Aloo kheema mutter (minced lamb with potatoes and tomatoes)
  • Bacon, leek and mushroom pasta bake
  • Baked gammon
  • Beef and horseradish risotto
  • Beef and onion pie
  • Beef bolognaise
  • Beef casserole
  • Beef lasagne
  • Beef masala with potato bhaji
  • Braised beef in mushroom sauce
  • Braised chicken and butternut squash
  • Braised chicken with lentils
  • Braised lamb in cider with parsley dumplings
  • Braised lamb with flageolet beans
  • Braised pork with apple and ginger dumplings
  • Broccoli and herb quiche
  • Cajun fishcakes
  • Casserole of lamb with apricots and rice
  • Cauliflower and broccoli pasta
  • Chicken a la king
  • Chicken and ham pie
  • Chicken and leek pie
  • Chicken and pasta with tomato and herbs
  • Chicken Biryani, tadka daal, cucumber sauce
  • Chicken casserole
  • Chicken escalopes with tomato and coriander sauce
  • Chicken in mustard and coriander sauce
  • Chicken pie and spring onion mash
  • Chicken tikka makhani with cabbage and beans jeera
  • Chicken with tomatoes and peppers
  • Chicken, apple and potato pie
  • Chilli con carne
  • Corned beef and apple hash slice
  • Cottage pie
  • Creamed chicken and vegetables
  • Fish in cheese sauce with mustard mash
  • Fish pie with a potato top
  • Fish portugaise
  • Fricassee of chicken with grain mustard and tarragon sauce
  • Grilled chicken breast with spicy tomato sauce and tagliatelle
  • Hungarian beef goulash with dumplings Irish stew
  • Lamb and vegetable pie
  • Lamb casserole
  • Lamb shahi korma
  • Liver with braised sweet onions
  • Meatloaf with onion marmalade
  • Minced chicken and vegetable pie
  • Nasi goreng with egg
  • Naverin of lamb with couscous and grilled vegetables
  • Parmesan fried chicken escalopes milanese
  • Poached chicken with a vegetable and herb broth
  • Poached smoked haddock in grain mustard sauce
  • Pork goulash
  • Pork, sweet pepper and tomato casserole
  • Pork, apple and sage crumble
  • Roast cod with leek and mushroom sauce accompanied by garlic
  • potato purèe
  • 1082W
  • Salmon and dill potato bake
  • Salmon fishcakes with parsley sauce
  • Sausage hotpot
  • Soya mince bolognaise
  • Steak and kidney pie with olive oil mash
  • Stewed steak with dumplings
  • Sweet and sour chicken with vegetable fried rice
  • Thai chicken red curry
  • Tuna, tomato and courgette pasta
  • Turkey and apple hotpot
Light lunch
  • Cauliflower and very cheese sauce
  • Macaroni with smoked haddock and herbs
  • Real cornish pasties
  • Sea food pasta with fresh dill and parmesan
  • Smoked turkey and tomato baguette
Salad
  • Salad of spinach, tuna, egg and chickpeas
Sandwich
  • Good old corned beef and apple coleslaw sandwich
Soup
  • Butter bean and bacon soup
  • Celery and red pepper soup
  • Cream of carrot soup
  • Two soups in a bowl
  • Vegetable and herb soup
Vegetables
  • Olive oil mashed potatoes
Vegetarian
  • Bean goulash
  • Boston beans
  • Broccoli and herb quiche
  • Cauliflower and very cheese sauce
  • Cauliflower and broccoli pasta
  • Cheese, leek and egg pie
  • Cheese, onion and potato pie
  • Country vegetable pie
  • Curried vegetables
  • Egg, cashew and chickpea kedgeree
  • Lentil Daal
  • Macaroni cheese
  • Nasi goreng with egg
  • Soya mince bolognaise
  • Vegetable and bean cottage pie
  • Vegetable chilli
  • Vegetable goulash with dumplings
  • Vegetable lasagne
  • Vegetable moussaka
Elderly
  • Tomato and butter bean soup
  • Red lentil broth
  • Tomato, onion, gruyere and basil quiche
  • Chicken, chicken liver and mushroom casserole
  • 1083W
  • Braised salt brisket with carrots
  • Braised liver and bacon hotpot
  • Braised liver with green lentils
  • Pink salmon, tuna and parsley fishcake
  • Fillet of mackerel with braised lentils
  • Sausage meat and bacon meatloaf with sweet onion gravy
  • Sausage meat. carrot and thyme slice
  • Ham, cheese, onion and leek pudding
  • Roast chicken breast wrapped in bacon with stewed onions
  • Pork blanquette
  • Broccoli, smoked bacon and sweetcorn quiche
  • Steamed raspberry pudding
  • Raspberry blancmange
  • Black forest trifle
  • Apricot frangipan filo parcel
  • Mincemeat and pear filo parcel
  • Toffee apple roly-poly pudding
  • Lemon posset
  • Strawberry white wine jelly.